Comments on: Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 Configuration (SprintPCS)

By: Steve R.

Steve R. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:38:23 +0000

Thanks so much for posting this. Never take it down! It’s too valuable for anyone with this card. I”m running my sprint 595 card with Ubuntu 8.04 Hairy Haggis. It works great but every time I open Firefox or Thunderbird, they start in offline mode. I have to manually set them to work online to get anywhere. Any ideas?

By: Sangensche Muharajew

Sangensche Muharajew — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:34:24 +0000

I’m a Newbee to Linux and would like to install my Aircard 595, it works good under windows xp, I’ve installed openSuse 10.3 and can’t get it running, any help

By: Christopher Cain

Christopher Cain — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:53:43 +0000

Thank you very much. This worked like a charm and allowed me to connect to Verizon on my first attempt using your exact instructions above in Ubuntu 8.04 beta.

By: michael

michael — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:13:27 +0000

Larry, that is the only way I have used this card - just shove it in my lappy’s PCMCIA slot and dial

Kind Regards.

By: Lawrence D. Lopez

Lawrence D. Lopez — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:24:04 +0000

Can you run the Sierra Wireless 595 card directly from a PCMCIA slot ?

How do you do that ?

Thank you very much.
Larry

By: michael

michael — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:03:00 +0000

Hi Robin - the driver is in the current Linux kernel - there is no download. If you are talking about running the card on Windows, then you will need to either grab your provider’s software package or go to Sierra Wireless’ web site.

Sorry, I don’t do Windows

Kind Regards

By: Robin Sams

Robin Sams — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:19:44 +0000

I need the driver download for the Sierra 597E ExpressCard.

Please send me the download or the link.

Thank you very much!

By: Laguna

Laguna — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:35:29 +0000

Sorry Missed some info.

1. Ubuntu Gusty 7.10
2. The serial driver was already loaded
3. Just needed the scripts
4. Provider Telus in Ontario Canada
5. Sierra aircard 595

Yes it Works in Gusty Ubuntu 7.10

Thanks
Laguna

By: Laguna

Laguna — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 05:30:48 +0000

It Worked for the telus sierra aircard 595 too. Had to remove the ^M charachters after copying from windows txt file.

Thanks
Laguna

By: michael

michael — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:21:09 +0000

Scott, you might need to adjust your ppp configs a bit - I’m not sure, but there is another Verizon comment above. Otherwise the card and ppp are the same tools - a dial-up network device and a way to interact with said device. Just to reiterate, a modern kernel version will load the right module for you upon inserting the card, so there should be no need to muck about with modprobe options, unless you are way behind the times Other than that, it’s just a matter of figuring out the right number to dial and if your provider requires some sort of username/password.